'Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate: Holidays, Special Occasions and Other Times Our Celebrations Get Out of Hand

Christmas comes but once a year; chaos never ends! Happy Halloween, Merry Christmas and joyful Lumpy Rug Day. We didn't make that up. Lumpy Rug Day is celebrated every May 3, though "celebrated" might be too strong a word. It's the American way to create a celebration for everything, then turn it into a chore or worse, a nightmare. 'Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate is a collection of humorous essays about holidays, special occasions and other times our celebrations make us feel not-so-cele...